Printer&#39;s type.



PATENTED AUG. .18, 1908. A. W. HANIGAN.

PRINTERS TYPE. APPLIOATION FILED APR.10 1906. RENEWED JUNE 23, 1908.

f UlllllnmmmunlmmIIIIJ' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADAM WINEIELD H.-\XIGAX, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGXOR To THE ONTARIO TYPE mcmxr. COMPANY, LIMITED, or TORONTO, can-rm, A coarom'rioiv OF ONTARIO.

PRINTER/S TYPE.

Application filed April 10, 1906.'Seria1 No. 310.9661. Renewed June 23, 1908.

To all whom it may concern: 4

Be it known that I, ADA WIXFIE D HAN- IGAN, of the city of Philadelphia, in the countyof Philadelphia and State of Pennsyl- Vania, one of the United States of America, have-invented certain new and useful Improvements in Printers Type; and I hereby declare that. the following is a full, clear, and

exact description-of the same.

This'invention relates to printers type which can be produced in individual and sequentialordcr, assembled into selective groups, justified, and then securely locked in their assembled and justified condition,"as hereinafter described and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be. had tothe following description and to the accompanyingdrawings.

in which,

Figure. 1 is a perspective view of a part of a composed line of printers type, showing two roups of type assembled, justified and locked in their assembled and justified condition. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an end view of the same. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the ty e. Fig. 5 is a perspective view ofthe loc ing piece. Fig. 6 is a side elevation showing the position of the locking piece preparatory to being impressed into the locking grooves of the type.

ig. 7 is a perspective view looking at the inner side of the lockin piece after having U been impressed int-o the lockihggrooves of a justified line" of type with two types con nected thereto.

I Like letters of reference refer to like parts throughout the specification and drawings.

it represents one of the typein which is fonned a transverse groove bintermediate ta' grooves to insure a perfect contact there- With. The locking piece is curved as shown in Figs. 5 and 6 to bring its beveled edges Specification of Letters Patent.-

- piece contiguous to its side er Patented Aug. 18, 1908.

Serial No. 440,034.

into a sinallercom ass than the distance be-. tween the edges of the dove tail grooves to facilitate its entry therein. In assembling the locking piece and the types, the former is placed in the grooves as shown in Fig. 6, and when so placed is subjected to the action of a pressing means which'will when exerting its orce upon itress it into the grooves b and against the ad acent faces'of the types. The

ressureexerted'on the locking piece squeezes it into the spaces between the groups of type and forms protuberances e on its inner face to hold them in their word spaced condition. The locking piece c is preferably made pliable metal of a 'non brittle character and corrugated lengthwise as shown in Figs; '5 and 6. v Q

The formation of the grooves I) and theening piece when impressed therein prevent the lateral or accidental removal of the types from the line of type and the protuberances or spacers e prevent any deviation of the types from their justified position. By form'- ing the locking piece with longitudinal corintensified without detractingfrom t e plia bility of the metal of which t e locking strip is made;

The types have been shown and described gagement therewith of the edges of the lock- I 'rugation's,'the rigidity of the locking iece is to be provided with grooves b of a clove tail formation, but it is not desired to'co'nfine the invention to this particular style of groove as other grooves sultable for the purpose will' answer equally as well, nor is 1t desired to confine the invention to any articular method of casting the types, assem iing them, justifying them and impressing the locking piece into the type grooves and spaces.

As shown in Fig. 1, the pressing means ex-. erts its. greatest pressure u on the locking ges f so that the spacing protuberances 6 will roject into the spaces between the roups 0 types from the inner face of the loc ing piece at or contiguous to its side edges f as shown in Fig.3, to hold the type groups in-their spaced condition and maintain the justification of the line. 1

Having. thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure hy Letters Patent is:

1. A line of type or type bar comprising an assembled group. or series of groups of. word spaced and justified printers type with alined grooves in one surface thereof, and a strip contained in said grooves having word locking strip contained in said grooves having word spacers adjacent to its top and botsgacers protrudingfrom its inner face into I; e spaces between the assembled groups;

tom edges and rotmdingfrom its inner face but not filling the said spaces lengthwise of 15 into the spaces etween the groups of type to hold them in their word spaced and justified condition. v

2. A line of type or typebap comprising an assembled group 'orserles 6f groups of word spaced and j ustlfied printers type with alined grooves-in one-surface thereof, and a locking the type, to hold the assembled groups in their word spaced and justified condition.

Philadelhia, March 7th, 1906.

A AM WVINFIELD IIAXIGAN Signed in the 1'esenceof- CHAS. H. OUGIIERTY, JOHN A. Mms. 

